youth are searching for meaning in their lives

Definition: A group of disorders characterized by an early onset (usually in the first five years of life), lack of persistence in activities that require cognitive involvement, and a tendency to move from one activity to another without completing any one, together with disorganized, ill-regulated, and excessive activity. Several other abnormalities may be associated. Hyperkinetic children are often reckless and impulsive, prone to accidents, and find themselves in disciplinary trouble because of unthinking breaches of rules rather than deliberate defiance. Their relationships with adults are often socially disinhibited, with a lack of ...[+++]normal caution and reserve. They are unpopular with other children and may become isolated. Impairment of cognitive functions is common, and specific delays in motor and language development are disproportionately frequent. Secondary complications include dissocial behaviour and low self-esteem.

Life Cycle Thinking | life-cycle thinking | LCT [Abbr.]

30. Calls on the Commission to establish a steering committee for IPP as well as working groups in specific areas, such as systems design, economic tools, product environmental lifecycle data and consumption policy; is of the opinion that parallel to this, clear stakeholder procedures and a detailed workplan and timetable for actions, initiatives and implementation foreseen by the Commission should be established; believes, moreover, that a study should be initiated to clarify how and in what way the various tools and instruments considered to promote IPP interact, strengthen and support each other; takes the ...[+++]view that important aspects to be taken into consideration would be measures that enable and motivate individuals as well as companies to take account of lifecycle concerns in their decisions, measures that stimulate and reward leaders and measures that force laggards to improve, measures that address immediate challenges as well as long-term objectives;

14. Recommends that the Commission develop the concept of life-cycle thinking into a policy principle that could be referenced, but stresses the need to have a realistic understanding of the value and manifold limitations of life-cycle assessments (LCAs), in particular given the continuing problems with regard to the availability, quality and comparability of LCA data;

a systems-based approach, where life-cycle thinking is at the core and primary attention is given to product design,

12. Recommends that the Commission develop the concept of life-cycle thinking into a policy principle that could be referenced but stresses the need to have a realistic understanding of the value and manifold limitations of life-cycle assessments (LCAs), in particular given the continuing problems with regard to the availability, quality and comparability of LCA data;